Research Impact: Despite the consensus regarding the value of school placement experiences for primary pre-service teachers (PSTs) in teacher education programmes, challenges remain in PSTs’ ability to transfer the knowledge gained on assessment for learning […]
Research Impact: Results in this study convey students’ responsibility improvements for both personal and social responsibility during a season of Sport Education, finding that there are differences in students with low perceived responsibility depending on […]
Research Impact Summary: Parents are important stakeholders in young children’s physical activity. Using the voices from parents and children from 117 families in the Growing Up in Ireland child cohort study, findings from this research […]
Research Impact: We explicate the complexity of teacher education learning by showing how a conflux of interactive elements co-produce a teacher educator’s practice. This encourages us to introduce the metaphor of “orchestration” as a way […]
Research Impact: Acknowledging differences in contexts, the purpose of this paper considers how physical education and sport pedagogy (PESP), while maintaining our collective identity, can most effectively develop a capacity to engage with academic and […]
Research Impact Summary: This paper explores the construction of the Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) specification and specifically, the influence of roles and power-ratios within the group (Physical Education Development Group – PEDG) responsible for such […]
Research Impact: It is important to learn what skills and knowledge teacher educators need and how they acquire such skills and knowledge throughout their career. Results revolve around (i) self-initiated professional development, (ii) the importance […]
I believe we should all be cognizant of the extent to which our respective areas of interest and expertise is actively recruiting and nurturing early-career scholars (MacPhail, 2017). We cannot be complacent and expect or […]
Research Impact: While digital technology is generating considerable interest in terms of research and practice in physical education, it is receiving little attention in (physical education) teacher education programmes. The evidence suggests that the student-centred […]
Research Impact: This article explores the transformative teaching and learning experiences that arose throughout the duration of a 2-year community-driven program developed in partnership between an underserved community in Limerick City and staff at the […]
